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The Seattle Seahawks are being sold by Paul Allen's estate to a Khosla family-led group in a reported $9.6 billion transaction. The deal awaits NFL approval and comes with the new owners pledging to build on the team's legacy.
Both UW sports and academics ran deficits, but only athletics received a bailout. English professor Eva Cherniavsky notes her department's focus on deep reading and writing feels undervalued compared to sports priorities, especially amid AI trends.
A group led by Vinod Khosla has agreed to buy the Seattle Seahawks for a record $9.6 billion, far exceeding the team's $7 billion valuation entering...
A Seattle developer turned 55,000 sq ft of long-vacant commercial space into 44 loft apartments after four years of failed leasing attempts.
Seattle's World Cup cleanup merely shifted the open-air drug crisis out of sight rather than solving it, commentator Charlie Harger argues, noting...
The Washington State Auto Dealers Association is renaming its Renton training facility the Vicki Giles Fabré Training Center to honor her nearly...
Sound Transit saw record light rail use during the World Cup, with daily peaks reaching 297,000–309,000 trips and June totals hitting 5.4...
A shots fired incident in Delridge's greenbelt near 26th Ave SW and SW Brandon St on July 10 involved four subjects and recovered gunfire evidence....
A local neighbor stepped in to buy Baker’s, rescuing the beloved Sunset Hill bar from permanent closure just months after its announced shutdown. This...
Boeing is investing $1 billion in an expansion of its Everett facility, home to the world's largest building by volume.
Washington is spearheading a 21-state lawsuit challenging HUD's new rules that slash permanent supportive housing funds.
Seattle crime dropped 1.8% in the first half of 2026 versus 2025, driven by a 31% decline in homicides to 11 and 22% fewer shootings. June saw an even steeper 6.4% total reduction with zero homicides reported.
A 75-year-old driver is in critical condition after crashing into a northeast Seattle home's garage late Thursday night.
Sound Transit is celebrating historic ridership peaks even as it proposes modest 2027 service adjustments aimed at efficiency.
After more than four years of local opposition, a failed lawsuit, and polarized elections, Kirkland celebrated the opening of Sheila Stanton Place,...
Boeing celebrated its new $1 billion 737 MAX North Line in Everett, the fourth production line that will raise monthly output from 42 to 52 planes by...
A 30-year-old man with multiple warrants died after jumping from a ninth-floor unit in Seattle's First Hill neighborhood during a King County SWAT...
